Pneumonitis in Combined Anti-programmed Death-1 Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Nathan Y YuClifford C Wang

Abstract

Anti-programed cell death-1 (Anti-PD-1) is a promising immunotherapy for advanced cancers. Autoimmune pneumonitis is a rare but potentially serious toxicity induced by anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. We report a case of therapy-induced pneumonitis in the setting of combined nivolumab, anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, and radiation therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

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